Hunt for Vorlok

Returning to Cauldron, the party provides a report to Tyro and plans are made to hunt down Vorlok and take the spear.

- The party finds the abandoned mine easily with Siril's directions. It is indeed full of kobolds.

- Much planning is had, and the party enters the mines, making it a short way inside before raising a general alarm.

- The party is attacked by a pack of giant weasels, shot at with bows from the darkness, abused by traps throughout the mine, and stabbed by the occasional lucky kobold.

- They push forward into the main chamber, where they see the ogre they believe to be Vorlok. Snake's boots come in handy as Salla throws a silence on Snake and he jumps over next to the ogre. A game of fox and chicken is played out as the ogre attempts to make distance between himself and Snake. Meanwhile, a small horde of kobolds runs about the room led by a single heavily armored kobold who manages to work his way to the rear of the party and do damage to some of the more squishy members. The few kobolds that the party identifies as possible caster types are quickly eliminated.

- When the ogre finally does make it out of range of the Silence spell cast on Snake, it flies up through a chimney in the ceiling.

- The party breaks up at this point, Chul and Jonl move up the chimney while the rest of the party finishes off the remaining kobolds.

- Unfortunately for Chul and Jonl the ogre still has a few tricks up his sleeve and catches them by surpise in the chimney, sending a bolt of lightning crashing down on them. Jonl is brought to the brink of death and begins to slowly roll down the chimney (thanks to his ring of feather fall). Chul is still on his feet, but the ogre quickly closes the gap between them and begins to melee with Chul. Chul connects with a stunning blow on the ogre and flees, scooping up Jonl's lifeless body.

- The rest of the party arrives back at the main chamber to find a dead Jonl and a beat up Chul. A discussion is had about what to do next. Modisto gets the idea that the ogre may be invisible, so he casts a spell to see through it. Sure enough, the ogre is in an adjacant room rummaging through a large pile of dead leaves and refuse. Without a word Modisto tosses a fireball at the ogre. Still barely standing the ogre flees immediately, flying back through the chimney.

- The party gives chase up the chimney to find themselves on a rock shelf a short way up the mountainside. However, they find no trace of the ogre. He gets away.

- The spear is found amidst the rubbish the ogre was going through, along with other valuable items.

- On the return trip to Cauldron the party hides from a Redgorge patrol on the road leading from Cauldron to Redgorge. The patrol consists of 14 human footmen, 2 half-orc warriors, a female human (warrior?), and a male half-elf leader the patrol. Salla detects that the female human and male half-elf leader are "evil".

- The spear is given to Tyro for safe keeping.

- The church of Wee Jas raises Jonl from the dead. The Crimson Tears owe the church a favor, to be called upon at the church's behest.